Central District Newsletter November 18, 2008 Arm yourself.with knowledge! Captain s Comments The Central Station Community Policing Meeting will be this Thursday 11/20/08 at 6 PM at Central Station. Our meeting room is small but we will accommodate all comers. We received complaints this weekend about beats not being covered in the district but large demonstrations by the Rainforest Network and Proposition 8 depleted our personnel. Expect the same on the 28th when we anticipation traffic congestion and street closures near Union Square when we have the biggest shopping day of the year, Fur Free Friday, the Macy s Tree Lighting, and Critical Mass all on the same day. Broadway Corridor Friday November 14, 2008 Saturday November 15, 2008 Felony Arrests 0 Felony Arrests 0 Misdemeanor Arrests 5 Misdemeanor Arrests 5 Drunk Related Arrests 3 Drunk Related Arrests 9 Moving Citations 42 Moving Citations 81 Parking Citations 12 Parking Citations 9 Vehicles Towed 11 Vehicles Towed 10 There were very large crowds on both nights. Large fights were reported both nights, especially on Saturday when 9 drunk related arrests were made. 11 Officers from Central were assigned, along with 6 officers from the Market Street Beat and 4 motorcycle traffic officers and the regular sheriff s contingent. Violence Reduction Traffic Company Squad: 58 Citations issued, 3 towed, 8 arrests made. Prostitution Apparently they didn t get the memo.. 1
This past week we have seen an upsurge in prostitution, especially near the Northern Station Larkin Street border. Many of the prostitutes have come from as far away as Sacramento and Fairfield leading me to believe that they thought Proposition K had passed. 11-11-08 at 10:33 PM, Officer Rene Nielsen was in plain clothes working the area of Post and Hyde Streets, an area known for its high incidence of prostitution when he noticed a known female perpetrator. He observed her and followed her as she proceeded to take a male into a dark street. The suspect was ultimately cited for indecent exposure, related prostitution act and loitering for the purpose of prostitution. 11-14-08 at 12:15 AM, Officers Christopher Anderson and Matt Sullivan were in plain clothes and in an unmarked police vehicle patrolling Sutter and Larkin Streets, an area known for prostitution. They observed the two female suspects who waved them over and quickly entered the police unmarked vehicle. The suspects propositioned the officers including describing proposed acts and currency process. They were cited for solicitation for prostitution. 11-14-08 at 3:58 AM, Officers Christopher Anderson and Matt Sullivan were working undercover in the area of Bush and Hyde streets, an area of high incidence of prostitution when they noticed and observed the suspect waving many passing motorists and trying to get them to stop. After duly observing her behavior, suspect was detained and cited for loitering for the purpose of prostitution. Crimes of Note: 11-11-08 at 7:40 PM, Officers Christopher Anderson and Sophal Chea were patrolling the area of Jefferson and Jones Streets when the victim ran up to them to report that he was robbed at gunpoint by three males near the area. The victim was apparently knocked to the ground during the robbery but refused medical care. His backpack was stolen along with his schoolbooks, wallet, and credit cards. The officers searched the area but were not able to locate the suspects. 11-11-08 at 8:16 PM, Officers Ngawang and Lynn Pomotto were dispatched to the area of Post and Jones Streets regarding a man with a sword. Upon arrival at the scene, they heard on radio that officers Sam Yuen and Randy Soohoo were detaining a suspect who had large four knives on his person. The suspect claimed he was undertaking a ritual with the knives; he was taken into custody and searched when marijuana substance was found in his jacket. He was booked for carrying a concealed weapon and possession of marijuana and narcotics paraphernalia. 11-12-08 at 8:15 AM, Officers Catherine Daly and Kim Koltzoff responded to a report of a male sleeping in the ATM private area of a bank in the 800 block of Grant Avenue. Upon arrival at the scene, the officers recognized the subject from previous reports. When the subject was ordered to 2
stand and leave the area, he became abusive and struck at the officers, injuring one notably causing her to receive medical treatment. The subject was booked for battery on a police officer, resisting arrest and causing serious injury to a police officer. 11-13-8 at 7:21 PM, Officers Paul Doherty and Edward Carew were on patrol in the area of Jones Street and Cosmo Alley, an area known to be one of high crime. The male subject was spotted going through a backpack when the officers approached him, asking him various questions when he blurted that he was on probation. When the officers asked to search the backpack, he conceded and yelled out that he had drugs in the bag. Subsequently, he was booked for possession of narcotics paraphernalia and drugs. 11-14-08 at 12:36 AM, Officers Sher Khan and Rene Nielsen were in full uniform and in a marked police vehicle patrolling the area of the 600 block of Jones Street when they observed the suspect smoking a crack pipe. Further investigation resulted in the suspect being booked for possession of narcotics paraphernalia and cocaine offense. 11-14-08 at 2:57 AM, Officers Mark Milligan Brendan O Connor responded to a hotel on the 300 block of Powell Street regarding a burglary. Upon arrival on the scene, Sgt. Arlin Vanderbilt was there securing the suspect who had been detained by the hotel s security. The suspect had been observed entering the premises and stealing a television set. The surveillance video further corroborated the burglary. The suspect was found to be a juvenile with the officers following the required procedure involving a juvenile and transported him to the Juvenile Justice Center. 11-14-08 at 1:43 AM, Officers Brandon Thompson and Kevin Worrell were dispatched to Broadway and Larkin Streets of a report that a taxicab had an object thrown through its windshield. Upon arrival the officers along with Officer Glenn Brakel who was on the scene, interviewed the three witnesses, two of which were in the taxi when the incident occurred. No one saw the person who threw the brick but they said it happened upon the taxi s exiting the tunnel. The driver was treated at the scene by medical personnel. 11-15-08 at 10:45 PM, Officers Albern Ciudad was patrolling Chinatown when he was dispatched to Jackson Street and Duncombe Alley regarding an assault. When he arrived on the scene a witness (an off duty member of the SFSD) was detaining the suspect who had tried to escape. The victim it was determined was bleeding from the head and face as a result from the attack by the suspect with a wooden stool, knocking the victim unconscious and on the sidewalk. This according to witnesses was an unprovoked attack by the suspect who appeared intoxicated. The suspect was arrested for aggravated assault with a weapon and for outstanding warrants. 3
11-16-08 at 7:05 AM, Officers Steven Wonder and Larry Vales were working in plain clothes when they responded to a call of a vehicle break-in in the 900 block of Northpoint Street along with having the description of a suspect. Upon arrival on the scene, they noticed an individual a few blocks away matching the description; they detained the suspect and were immediately met with the witness who had called in the crime and pointed to the suspect as the person who broke into a vehicle using a metal bar, which was ultimately discovered nearby. The suspect was arrested for burglary of an auto and duly searched; stolen items were found in his backpack. The suspect was further booked on possession of stolen property. 11-16-08 at 1:10 AM, Officers Domenico Discenza and Chris Cassinelli were on a footbeat in the Broadway Corridor when they noticed a group of people acting rowdy and unruly resulting in blocking the walkway on Broadway and Kearney forcing pedestrians to endanger themselves by walking into the street and ongoing vehicle traffic. The officers asked this group to move along or at least away from the vehicle intersection. The one subject refused to move and became notably belligerent by yelling at the officer. Since the subject consistently refused to move when asked, he was arrested for obstruction of a thoroughfare; the suspect continued in this behavior by violently resisting arrest serving as a potential harm to others nearby. He was consequently booked for under the influence of alcohol in public place and resisting arrest. Sgt. Seth Riskin who was on the scene to assist sanctioned the police action to keep the peace in the area. Central Station Resource List EMERGENCY: 911 Non-Emergency: 553-0123 Cell phone 911: 553-8090 Customer Service Center: 311 Central Station: 315-2400 Web: www.sfgov.org/police 315-2480 james.dudley@sfgov.org Anonymous Tip-Line 392-2623 SAFE 553-1984 www.sfsafe.org Graffiti Abatement 278-9454 Graffiti Fax 278-9456. Central Events: 315-2440 Sergeant John Colla Central Permits: 315-2423 Officer Fred Crisp Code Abatement: 315-2417 Sgt. Mark Hernandez Deputy City Attorney: 554-3820 Jill Cannon 4
Dept. Parking & Traffic: 553-1943 DPW: 695-2020 Dispatch Quality of Life Liaison: 315-2400 Officer Kim Koltzoff Homeless Issues: 315-2400 Off. Jay Shastri or Cathy Daly Chinatown Beat: 315-2400 Off. Leon Sorhondo & Stewart Ng- Days Off. Sam Yuen & Jonathon Tong- Nights Union Square Beat: 315-2400 Officer Carl Payne & Tom Cunnane- Days Officers Scott Korte, Ed Carew- Nights Wharf Beat: 315-2400 Officer Noel DeLeon & Bob Merino-Days Officer Tom Costello & Kevin Richins-Nts North Beach 315-2400 Officer Mark Alvarez & Mike Kangrga- Nts Officer Dan Gallagher & Matt Fambrini Community Liaison: 421-6443x16 Tel-Hi- Danika Choe Megan s Law Website Access: The general public can find out information on sexual predators on line by going to the DOJ website: www.meganslaw.ca.gov or at the SFPD link at www.sfgov.org/police. You may check specific names or zip codes to locate those listed in the database. Join the SFPD: www.sfgov.org/police Join the SFPD Community Police Academy: Call Lula Magellon at 415-401-4720 or check: www.sfgov.org/police_index.asp?id=20182 Call 3-1-1/TTY: 415-701-2323. If outside of San Francisco, call 415-701-2311/TTY: 415-701-2323 to reach any of the following: Abandoned Vehicles----DPT Dispatch -----DPW Street Cleaning-----Graffiti Hotline--Mobile Assistance Patrol (MAP)-----Pothole Repair----Street Signs (missing/damaged)---street Lighting 766 Vallejo Street SF, CA 94133 415 315-2480 fax 315-2450 5